Art is a habit of the intellect, developed with practice overtime, that empowers the artist to make the work rightand protects him ... from deviating from what is good forthe work. It unites what he is with what his material is.It leads him to seek his own depths. Its purpose is not hisself-enhancement, his having fun or feeling good abouthimself. These are byproducts. It aims solely towards bring-ing a new thing into existence in the truest manner possible.It is about truth and, as such, has to do with ultimates and,as such 1 posits self-sacrifice and consecration